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Zen,
All of the choices you've given are passive voice, so I wouldn't use any of
them. In my world, windows open and dialog boxes appear. And Open is
(usually) a dialog box, so, "The Open dialog box appears."
As for the recommendation, again, "It is recommended..." is passive so I
wouldn't choose that one. I generally say either "<Company> recommends
..." or "We recommend..."
HTH
-Sue Gallagher
On 10/16/07, Zen C <zenizenc -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> What is the best term to use?
>
> The Open *dialog box* is displayed?
>
> The Open w*indow* is displayed?
>
> The Open s*creen* is displayed?
>
> Are there any usage rules for these terms?
>
> Also do you say
>
> *It is* recommended to do this or *We* recommend you do this.
>
> Thoughts please.
>
>
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